Posted on 06/27/2022 5:58:29 AM PDT by Salman
Period- and fertility-tracking apps have become weapons in Friday's post-Roe America.
These seemingly innocuous trackers contain tons of data about sexual history, menstruation and pregnancy dates, all of which could now be used to prosecute women seeking abortions — or incite digital witch hunts in states that offer abortion bounties.
Under a law passed last year in Texas, any citizen who successfully sues an abortion provider, a health center worker, or anyone who helps someone access an abortion after six weeks can claim at least $10,000, and other US states are following that example.
"We are just a few steps away from digital dragnets for people who are providing access and possibly for people seeking abortions," EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin told The Register.
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Bounty hunters? Really?
Yeah, that law in Texas about hunting down women if they are suspected of an abortion is pretty chilling considering how awful the average person is - Civil war causing type stuff.
How did women manage before the internet?…
Okay, do that.
The sad part is, some people really believe chit like that.
But many of these same companies were quite eager to hand over information about anyone who just happened to travel to Washington, DC just before the January 6, 2021 protest.
The dirty little secret is that you don’t actually have to use a “fertility tracker” as your medical history is out there for the taking already. So simply not using that type of software is not going to prevent some data snooper from pulling up the fact that a woman made an appointment with a GYN followed by a trip to her drug store for a “certain drug” followed by a trip to her family doctor. All of which is tied-in with her phone’s GPS data.
Democrats elected Hussein. They wanted government health care.
Women can live with their stupidity.
Repeal the 19th Amendment…
The Lefties have been the ones dreaming up new ways to track our health data & use it against us. I guess they now realize the shoe can end up on the other foot.
Your body, my choice (to force you to take vaccines).
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